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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Rhian Lubin

‘This trade-off isn’t worth it’: Working moms are leaving their jobs in droves

Mom-of-two Meghan grappled for months with the decision to leave her job as a nurse to stay at home to raise her one and four-year-old.

After the birth of her second child last year, the 33-year-old from Springfield, Illinois, struggled when she went back to work at just 12 weeks postpartum — a scenario Meghan described as “borderline traumatic.”

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